Be there or … hell with that, just BE THERE!

There will be a HUGE rally at the State Capitol Building in Lansing on Tuesday, November 11. Labor groups, progressive allies and Planned Parenthood are teaming up to demonstrate a show of solidarity unlike any we’ve seen yet.

The Michigan Laborers District Council got the ball rolling and you can RSVP on their Facebook event page HERE.

Rally at the Capitol: Right to Work is Wrong for Michigan

When: Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 9 a.m.-3:00 p.m.Where: Michigan State Capitol BuildingDetails: Michigans far-right legislature slipped through Right to Work legislation without any debate. Without any input. And Michigan workers are under attack. It’s time to step up. There will be a rally at the Capitol on Tuesday, December 11, at 8:30 a.m. Meet up is at the Lansing Center (320 E. Michigan) with a march to the Capitol.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact the organizer for this event:

Locking the Capitol doors? Silencing the voice of the people? Michigan lawmakers are passing measures with devastating impacts on Michigan’s workers, women and families in the dark of night. This is NOT the Michigan we voted for! We must stand as a united front against the assault on Michigan’s families.

Extremist politicians are going on the attack and shutting the public out once again, let’s make sure we are there to hold them accountable! Join Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan and other progressive organizations for a rally at the Michigan Capitol on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, at 9:30am!

Michigan workers are not their only target. As this year’s legislative session comes to a close anti-women’s health lawmakers are trying to push through dangerous, onerous and outrageous policy initiatives which include efforts to:

Author: EclectablogChris Savage is the owner and publisher of Eclectablog, your one-stop shop for progressive state & national political news & commentary.

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we must and will stand together in unity for all workers in michigan, union members or not. we must march and shut down the capital. we must walk and shut down the state and if police and firermen rec an exemption we must call them the scabs they are. their leadership must not except any exemption and stand tall with their michigan brothers and sisters.
if we allow this state to dictate our working conditions then we are doomed, our children are doomed and our wives and daughters and their right to choose is doomed.
we cannot allow these idiots any more time to operate. MARCH!

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